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.TH LDAP_DELETE 3LDAP "Jan 27, 2002"
.SH NAME
ldap_delete, ldap_delete_s, ldap_delete_ext, ldap_delete_ext_s \- LDAP delete
operation
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc[ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... -lldap[ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
#include <lber.h>
#include <ldap.h>

\fBint\fR \fBldap_delete\fR(\fBLDAP\fR \fI*ld\fR, \fBchar\fR \fI*dn\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBldap_delete_s\fR(\fBLDAP\fR \fI*ld\fR, \fBchar\fR \fI*dn\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBldap_delete_ext\fR(\fBLDAP\fR \fI*ld\fR, \fBchar\fR \fI*dn\fR, \fBLDAPControl\fR \fI**serverctrls\fR,
     \fBLDAPControl\fR \fI**clientctrls\fR, \fBint\fR \fI*msgidp\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBldap_delete_ext_s\fR(\fBLDAP\fR \fI*ld\fR, \fBchar\fR \fI*dn\fR, \fBLDAPControl\fR \fI**serverctrls\fR,
     \fBLDAPControl\fR \fI**clientctrls\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBldap_delete_s()\fR function is used to perform an LDAP delete operation
synchronously.  It takes \fIdn\fR, the DN of the entry to be deleted. It
returns an LDAP error code, indicating the success or failure of the operation.
.sp
.LP
The \fBldap_delete()\fR function is used to perform an LDAP delete operation
asynchronously.  It takes the same parameters as \fBldap_delete_s()\fR, but
returns the message id of the request it initiated.  The result of the delete
can be obtained by a subsequent call to \fBldap_result\fR(3LDAP).
.sp
.LP
The  \fBldap_delete_ext()\fR function initiates an asynchronous delete
operation and returns  \fBLDAP_SUCCESS\fR if the request was successfully sent
to the server, or else it returns a LDAP error code if not (see
\fBldap_error\fR(3LDAP)). If successful,  \fBldap_delete_ext()\fR places the
message id of the request in  \fI*msgidp\fR. A subsequent call to
\fBldap_result()\fR, can be used to obtain the result of the add request.
.sp
.LP
The  \fBldap_delete_ext_s()\fR function initiates a synchronous delete
operation and as such returns the result of the operation itself.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
\fBldap_delete_s()\fR returns an LDAP error code which can be interpreted by
calling one of \fBldap_perror\fR(3LDAP) functions. \fBldap_delete()\fR returns
\fB\(mi1\fR if something went wrong initiating the request.  It returns the
non-negative message id of the request if things were successful.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for a description of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability	Evolving
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR ldap (3LDAP),
.BR ldap_error (3LDAP),
.BR attributes (7)
